Can-sealing apparatus.



A. MALMQUET. CAN SBALING APPJATUS.

PPLIGATION FILED AEZ, 1913.

Patented `June 9, 1914.

14 SHEETS-SEEE 1.

JY;lsgALlsaQUIsT. GAN SBALING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1913.

WITNESSES 1% @a W- f Patented June 9, 1914.

14 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

o) INVENTOR Allorney A. MALMQMST.

GAN SEALNG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AFR.2, 1913.

Patented June 9, 19M;

14 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

NVENTOR A. MALMQUIST. GAN SEALING APPARATUS.

f APPLIoATIoN FILED APR.2, 191s. 1,099,756. Patented June 9, 1914.

14 SHEETS-SHBET 4.

Homey 3M l' LMQST. GAN SEALING APPARATUS.

APPLIATION 'KLEL APR. 2, 1913, `P` L "y l @999? mtenbe June 9, 1914.

14 SHEETS-SEEE? www g A'. MALMQUIST'. CAN SEALHMTG APPARATU APPLIOATIONFILED 12.2,

Pteneo June 9, 19M.

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WYTNESSES mummy GAN SEAL-NG APPARATUS..

A* 4 APPLICATION NLRB APE.2, 1913. Patented June 9, im.

14 SHEETS-SHEET 8.

, y A. MALMQUIST. GAN SBALING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2, 1513.

1,099,756, Patented June 9,1914.

14 SHEETS-SHEET 9- A'- MALMQUISf-, GAN s BALING APPARATUS. APPLIUATIONFILED APB. 2, 1913.

Patented June 9, i914.

14 MEETS-SHEET 1o.

lVI/ENTOR A. MALMQUIST. CAN SEALING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED APR.2,1913.

Patented June 9, 1914.

14 SHEETS-SHEET 11 .I/ITNESSES I /60 QL/5a i] I Mm, 6.620 um?" I 1, W Il l au f 741mm] A.. MALMQUIST. im: SBALING APPARATUS.

' APPLICATION FILED APB. 2, 1913.. l v I 1,099,756. Patented June9,1914, 14 SHEETS-SHEET lr I WJTNESSES I Qi/f -2/ 2 5 A. MALMQUIST CANSEALNG APPARAUS.

.. PUCA'MON FILED APR.2,191S.

Patented me 9, 19S;

sind! i. UNITED STATES 'eicient devices for preventing the feeding beenproperly placed to rece consistsiii certain novel S features of con-PATENT oEEioE.

.ADOLPH MALMQUIST, 0F SOUTH BELLING-HAM, A'SHINGTON, ASSIGNOR. TOPERFECT VACUUM CAN COMPANY, OF- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION.

CAN- SEALING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 9, 1914.

Appiieation inea April 2,1913. serii No. 758,474.

To all whom- 'it muy concern.' i

Be it known that I', inoLriilllIALMQUisT, of South Bellingham, in thecounty of Whatcom and State of lVashington, have invented certainv newand useful Improvements inv Can-Sealing Apparatus; and I do hereby Ldeclare the following' `to be a full, clear, and

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a -plan view of the apparatus;Fig. 1";l is a view showing piping fora plurality of machines. Fig. 2 isa sectionall view (partly in elevationlof' that portion of the apparatuswherein the caps are double-seanied to thecaii bodies; Fig. 2a is a viewshowing exact description ofthe invention, such as llnie'alns forcontrolling the operation of the will enable others skilled in the artto which seallng mechanism; Fig. 2'* is a diagramit appertains to makeand use the-same. fl'natical view illustrating the driving mech- Thisinvention relates to canfsealing appai-atus and more particularly, toimproveanism; Fig. 3 is an Venlarged plan view, partly in section of aportion of the sealing ments upon the apparatus for which Lettersjlnechansm, and' shows the feeding devices -Patent were, granted to meon the. first day therefoiz of October 1912, and .designated by PatentNo. 1,039,770,one object of the present invention being toprovidemechanism which Fig. 4 is enlarged vertical sec- -tional view of one ofunits of the sealing Vmechanism and parts which coperate therewith iFig.'5 is a horizontal sectional view will operate to first apply thecaps or heads Fthrough the lower portion of the sealing to the canbodies in a manner to prevent hermetic sealing of the same, andsubscquently hermetically seal the caps orv heads to the can bodiesin avacuous chamber.

.A further object is toV provide devices for.;

mouths of the cans and crimping the flanges of the cape or 'headsthereon in such manner as to prevent the 'caps or heads from beinghermetically sealed to the can bodies before they are. subjected toseaming niechanism which lierinetically seals theln.

"IA further object is to provide simple and or' imperfect ca nsinto themechanism. y

A 4further object is to provide means for controlling the feed of thecaps or heads.

A further object is to provide meansvfor automatically throwing out capsor heads which have been fed when lo can body has 've it.

further object is to prqvidesimple and ellicicnt means which willloperate to prevent the feeding of cans to disabled sealing mechanism.

further object is to provide means for marking 'a cap or head while itis in position over a can body but before it has been vattached to thelatter.

A further object is to improve the mecha- :iisin in other respects aswill be hereinafter inorefully explained.

.With these'objects in view, the invention struction and co'nihinationswaof parts'ashereini-Effe? :Set LEOIlthis-"and out :lclaims,

mechanism, showing gearing and cams for operating said sealingmechanism; Fig. 6 is a detail bottom plan viewshowing the seamiiigdevicesg-Fig. 7 dis aplan= view of the 'upper portion of one of theunits of the sealing mechanism. Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the lowerportion of one of said units; `ig. 9 is a ,fragmentary view showing thevalve devices in the center of the sealing'.

-mechanism; Fig. 10 is a side view of one of fy the seaming rollers;Fig. 11 is a plan view of one of the cam blocks or supports 53;.'I'.Fig. 12` is a plan view of the can carrier andi closure for one. of'the sealing chambers;

fFig. 13 is a side elevation of the structure.

shown in Fig. 12; Fig. 14 is a detail sec'- vtional view of deviceswhich direct the cans to the sea-ling chambers; Fig. 15'is a plan `viewof the main valve of the exhausting means; Fig. 16 is a sectional viewof said valve; Fig. 17 is'an enlarged detail View --of a portion vof thegearing; Fig. 18 is a sectional view of the cappingfmechanism; Fig. 19is a plan view of the capping mechanism; Fig. 20 is a plan view offthecap? plate; Fig. 21 is a plan view of thelrotary can carrier; Fig. 22 isa plan view,-.pa`rtly 100 in section, of the operating mea-ns for thecan carrier; Fig. 23 is a vertical sectiojiial iiew; partly inelevation, of a portion ofjthe capping mechanism7 showing the crimpingQdevices-and vthe cap ejector; Fig. 24e is an 105 enlarged plan view' otthe platform for a can under the crimping devices: Fig. 25 is enlargedplan view (partly in section) yShowing the crimp-ing IrFig. v26 is 'ji'n enlarged horizontal transverse-sectional 110 Zit) wliuh the rriinperjana are pivotally oonuiftwl. view ltig. ltl is a detail National lia li: a :onli-)ual view ol' the cap- 1 A iawhanihn .-ho\\in`e; the niarhingdevivo# and operating umana thtueior; Fig. Il! la au enlarged detailriew ot the marking die` and its carrier; lf'iggj. i323 ha a plan viewol' the Strutture :shown in Fig. 2h23 llit'f 34. if, an enlarged detailplan view ot tinx lever 159, the lshai'ta with whiuh lever uoiiperates;being Shown in settion. Fig. $33 ia a plan View7 with :soule parlaremoved and other parts: in set-tion, ot the rappingl inelhai'lisln';Viti. lf is a detail view olc one of thel can `guides: Fig. 3T is a planview ol the can Clamp 134.. Fig. 38 is a view-of the rank har 12T?. Fig.39 is a detail sectional View shown ing the cap magazine and(':oiperatiug de- `vices. Fig. 40 ia a hottoin plan View of thel punchor .notehing' devire, and ltiig. l1 is a plan view ol the :an idatiorni'under the punching or notrhing devieer; of the capping mechanism.

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Mv inu'nfoved apparatus comprise@` lneehainsui 1 for llerinetieallysealing caps or heads,y to tho eau hodies in exhausted Chanibers;capping' inet'zhaniiau i2 for applying the caps or heads to the trans:.in manner as to prevent :uridental displacement, hut avoid inghermetie` sealingE said eappintgr mechanism also embodyingr` ineans :formarking the can caps or heads` and, lfeediugif and eonveying mechanism 3'lfor receiving; the tapped raus :from the capping inurl anisin :uidde'- livering them to the sealing iaeohaniaa'i, in which latter the 'apsor heads will he douhleseanied to the can bodiesl so as lo heruuticallyseal the cans.

YThe iframe of the inafhiiu. enlhodvinglthe sealing mechanism,eon'ipriees upright-s l ris ing from a platilorn'i and connected at.their upper ends hy a spider G. The platlorin 5 may ,he supported al'. aanilahle ehfation upon legs 7. The spider G is provided eentrally with aliiearingr 8 for the upper portion of a ierlzieal shaft t) and the lowerend of this Shaft is mounted in a hearing block '10 supported in anopening' ia the center of the platform .Vif-said hlot'k heiligr alsoadapt ed i'o rei-,eive a hmfizrnital drive shaft 11. and the latter isvmounted near its outer end in ay hearingI lirarlcet 1i?. A. pulley (toreceive motion yfrom an#7 suitable Source o'l supply) ir; niount'edloossely on the shaft 11 and a clutch '1'3 (Fig. 2) is prtwjided'for-securing said pulley to itssha'ft. A hand lever 13", pivoted at itslower endto a lixed arm 13". is connected with a cone sleeve 13d onshaft lfl for manipulating the clutch.

lon a reduced Scale) ol' the vriuiiar head-E a pparatus are -era ted valves The ililatiforin fi suwlaiuaia fixed Spider l-'l harina a ventralhearingl 1h, through wha-h the lower portion ol' a vertu'al tuhularshalt l li', passes. a :aut-aldo huahinpj li hemp; ha

pound between Said tuhular .-hal't andilafar- 70 Thi, tiilnilay ,ahaftlt la provided with an 75 inverter-l eouieal hood 2li, and thir-f hoodis provided with a pluralit \v ol` radial hraelcets 2l strengthened ln#wells 22 extending to the tulnilar Shaft 1li. The ventral Shaft' 1li.

hood 20, hraeketal 2l and wel thus ron 30 #titute a revoluhle l'ranuwhiih arriva seveial .eenling` ehainlwri-i. as will now he vx plained:VHTo `arh brochet "2l, a eaa'ing i secured and forms. with a hood 24-there 0n, a :sealing ehaniln'r 35. i2; provided with a dort llicommunicating with a duet 2T in the adjacent hrmtket i1 to 'ierniit thewitlulrawal ol' air troni the sealing chaudiere. The exhauSting ol' thesealing ehainlwwy ia controlled hy a hollow valve ring QH disposedwithin thel hood 2() and held stationary h v spring pressed hay# 2'.mounted in the upper portion oi the iixed spider '14. 'Thrl valve ring'has a general conical lorin and is made with two ohanilwll 95 3() and ilisolated iroin eaeh other h v walls 2l-33, and llor these chambers,elongated ports Blf-35 are m'ovided and adapted to register with theduets 20w-E27. lipes lll-37 eonununicarte with the respective val veehainhora 5i A531 and these pipes are t-.onneeted with pipe lines 38mm)respectively, the latter beingeonneeted with Suitable exhaustaimai'atiis not ahown. In :anno instances it may he desired to employsever-.ll lSealing al'iparatus 'for Sealing- @aus olf ditl'erent Sizesin the saine eanniug'plant. In Fig. 12l of the d anfing. piping for twoSueh apparatus in shown. The pipes liti-3T for each Sealing' Bbw-BSW andwith pressure valvel fltlmlll. The pipi; lint-s 38-39 are alsopriiivided with valves 42--43 iu proximity to the eoniuaztions of thepipes 3(3-37 with said pipe lines.` lVith such arrangenient ani,Ysealing machine of the plant, may he eut out nl: ,-'.f. ..\.'1ee. 1n theevent it becomes disabled or Toi" other: reason. Guideways 44 arelocated under each easing 23 for then aeeonnnorlation of a slidingcarrier 45, the

vertical. wall 11G of which constituted` a elo- Su're 'for the' vacuumsealingr chamber 25 when the parte4 are in the position Shown at theleft of Fig. 2, and said wall i6 is provided with packing 4:7 so thatth'efsealing 126 chamber will he closed air tight. To thi` vertical wallAll", of the farrier. a oai; revepv taele -flS is Secured and'tlu`diann'lriralli opposite walls ot' this refaeptiuxle are provided withSlots 49 for the aeeoinniodation ol' 'tt liaeh easing Q3 85 providedwith manually (Ip-"110 vertically movable blocks or dogs adapt-v edtoengage the can at diametrica-lly opposite sides. These dogs arenormally held in place by, means of springs 51 housed in sockets inthewalls of the the upper ends ofI said springs bearing againstscrews 52.byV meansof which their tension mayT be adjusted. A vertically movableplatform disposed in the bottom of each can receptacle i8 and providedwith `lugs 51 (1 -shaped in cross section) which enter an opening in thebottom of the receptacle, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, si. and 13. Theplatform constitutes a support for a can and when the can is-within thesealing chamber, its lower flange will be engaged by two dogs These dogsalso engage the can at diametrically opposite sides at right angles tothe dogs 50) and coT operate with the dogs 50 to hold the can in properposition within the sealing chamber.

The. dogs 5 5 are also vertically movable (slots'or guideways 56 beingprovided in the walls of the sealing chamber to permit suoli movement)and said dogs 55 are prefssed downwardly lby means of springs 57 housedin the walls .of the sealing chamber, so as to insure the retention ofthe'can on the'platform 53. y l A In a plane below one of the sealingchambers and projecting laterally beyond the' same, is anapproximately`Vshaped camway A58, thea e2; of which is'fmade somewhatblunt or lsliglitl'y. elongated as shown at 59, Fig. 3. The outer wall(30 of the forward legofthe iitflshaped cam 58is hinged at 61 andprovided at its 'tree/rearend with an arm- 62, to which one end ofa'spring 63 is attached, the other end of said springlbeing connectedwith the stationary fran'iework. The outer wall of the :forward leg ofthe cam-way 58 is thus m'ade so that it can yield, for a purpose which'will hereinafter appear. j Y

The combined can carrier and closure for each sealing chamber islprovided near its outer end with a depending pin 64 (Figs. 2 and 13)carrying a roller 65 adaptedl to move through the V-shaped guideway 58and thus eEect't-he sliding movement of the "cancarrier L15 to move thecan into or out of a sealing chamber and to open and close said seejingchamber, during the travel of therevtiluble frame of the machine.

jWhil a'can is in a vacuum sealing chambe.rthe cap or cover will bedouble-seemed can body, as will be hereinafter explained. lt isdesirable however, 'that the caps or covers shall have' been prediouslyapplied to the can bodies in a manner to prevent their displacement, butit 1s important that such capping of the cans shall not hermeticallyseal the latter,the hermetic sealingbeing effected while the can is in avacuum sealmg chamber.

can receptacle, v

' capping 'mechanism and the ,upper The plate or The mechanism forcapping the cans with'- out hcrmctcally sealing them, and then feedingthemto the sealing chambers and .then doublc-seaming the caps to thecans to hcrmetically seal them,` will now be described in detail. Theframework GG of the is supported ou legs GT and constructed with ahorizontal platform G8. The platform is provided centrally with abearing (Si) for a vertical tubular shaft TO, a bearing for the upperportion ofsaid tubular shaft being afforded b v a sleeve 7l on arm T)secured to the upper portion of the framework. freely through thetubular shaft 71, (so as to be \v'crticall'\v movable therethrough) andprojects at both ends beyond the same, the lower portion of said shaft73 also having a bearing' in a block T1 rigid with the framework.

A rotar)Y can carrier 'T5 comprising super imposed annular disks TteTTconnected by a hub 7,8, is keyed to the. tubular shaft T05 Each disk 7(177 is made with a plurality of approximately semi-circular recesses 79to receive cans to be ca p v)ed and at the rear end vof each of theserecesses, the metal of the disk is made to project farther than themetal at the other end of the recess and formsiingers'SO, the forwardedgesof which constitute/,continuations of the wall lof the partlycircular recesses 7S) and serve to insure forward movement of the canswhen the carrier is turned. -The upper disk 7C is provided with anupwardly projecting curved flange at the edgeof each recess 79 portionof each flange 81 is reduced somewhat in thickness, forming a shoulder82, as shown in Figs, 18, 21, 23 and 3l, to receive the flange at theupper end of a can, (Fip, 18) and this shoulder is notched at inter-vaas indicated at 83, Figs. 18, 21 and 31,to accommodate notches in theflanges of the cans as hereinafter explained.

A circular plate or cap carrier 8-1 (Fig. 20) is secured to the upperend of the hub 7 8 of can carrier 75 and projects over the latter.

cap carrier is made with a plurality of circular openings 85. into eachof which, a plurality'of lugs 86 project .and constitute supports forcan caps or covers, as illustrated, (for example) in'Fig. 31.

Cans -(witlu'iut caps or covers) lare fed from any 75, by meansof ayconveyer 87 (Figs. 1. 2b.

.1 verticalshaft T3 passes suitable source, to the can carrier 18 and35;),4the platform-G8 being slotted as at 88 (Figs. 23 and 35) for theaccommo- ,dation of this conveyor and the pulley 89 over Whichaitfpassesandfrom which it received motion. A suitable can-cleaning device 89amaybe located in thee path of the conveyer 87 for`the purpose ofvcleaningr the exterior of kthe-cans before they reach the cappingmechanism. The pulley' 89 is `mounted looselyon ahshaft QOhaving a betransmitted to -said pullev for operating;l i

the feeding conveyor S7. hand lever $111 is provided and connected witha sleeve 911 for lr operating' the clutch tl. '.l'he shaft' 90 pro jectsbeyond theI trame 1113 of the`capping mechanism and carries a sprocketwheel Sil over which a sprocket chain '.)5 passes, the latter receivingr`motionV from a simili sprocket wheel titl on a'shatt .t'" `mounted insuitable bearings on the 'tramework ot the sealinpr n'icehanism, (Fig.ll). 96 also carries a sprocket wheel 9G", l'rom which a sprocket chain9G" passes to a small sprocket 9h which is rotatable with the pulley 13on shaft 11. The shaft 97 is mounted in suitable bearings on the trameo1 the seah ing mechanism and carries a sprocket wheel $18 to whichmotionis imparted by a chain 99 from a sprocket wheel 100 on the. maindriving shaft 1']` when the clutch 13 is in oositon to lock-the pulley121 to said shaft.

'It will be understood, as more fully hereinafter described in detail,that motion de rived from the shaft 11y for operating the sealingmechanism 1` the feeding devices 223-226 and the capping mechanism andthat the opt-ration oit this `shaft is under the control of the manuallyoperated clutch 13. The ,geariirg for ell'ecting the opera-tion of thefeeding conveyor 87, however, receives` power 'directly from the pulley13 (the sprocket, 96d being` .secured to rotate with said pulley) andhence the operation of the 'sealing mechanism and its feed mechanism,

" and the cappingr mechanism may be stopped by manipulating' the clutch13, without e'ffooting the operation of the feeding mecha nism whichcarries the cans through the cleaner to the capping! mechanism. Byreference" to Fig. it", it will be observed that motion is imparted fromthe sprocket 96d on pulley 13, to the sprocket h6 through the medium ofchain 96, and that motion thus imparted to the shaft 9G, is transmitted,by the sprocket and chain 95 to the sprocket 94. on shaft 90, thusdriving the. conveyer 87. The operation of the latter may be stoppedY bymanipulating the clutch 91 as previously explained. Adjacent to thesides of the c0nveyer 87,1ixed upright guides lOl-102 are located andnear the free end of the outer guide 101, an arm 1013 is mounted on apost 101- on the platform GS. and projects par tially over the conveyor87 in. a diagonal direction. The arm 103 provided with ,a handlewcarrying a` spring pressed dog` 10G to engage one or another. of thenotches 107 in the post 10aL and hold the arm 103 in When the arm lollif: in its normal position shown in Fig. 135, it will bear against aliXed i stop 10S on the plat torm (38. and thus conl st'itutcdetlectino' means to direct the cans l lrom the conveyer S7 to therotary can carrior T53. Should it become desirable, 'for any reafon, tostop the toed otE cans to the cap i pine mechanieni (without stoppiimAthe cen rey cr ST) this mar he readily accomplished in: shitting theposition olf the detleetingr arm till so that it will project directlyacross the can path and thus operate as a stop arm for the raus. asshown in dotted lines in Fig. 1t). .1 plurality ol" curved Aguides101)110 and 111 are provided on the platform h3 and are arrangedconcentric with the axis` of rotation olE the rotary can carrier 75.--Ysaid guides heine' so spaced from the can carrier that the distancebetween each o1' .said guides and the bottom otf the recesses 79 of thedisk 77 will he appro.\;imat'clv equal to the diameter of a can.

'Vlie can carrier will be rotated step by step. so that the cans may hecaused to remain a` sutlieient lengthrof time at each of the severa/lpositions where certain manipu- [the position to which it ma)r be moved.i l

explaint-d To etl'ert. such step-b v-step ro tation of the can carrier,the devices now to be described, may be employed.

.ft disk or wheel 11i! (Fig. 2Q) is secured to the lower end of' thetubular shalt 70 and is made with a plurality of slots 113, thusvforming an equal number ot" arms 114., lach of which latter is madewith a curved recess 1115 in its tree end.` .f\ vertical shaft 1.16 ismounted in a hearing sleeve 117 in the framework (Fig. 18) and carries acamhead 11S having au arm 119 provided with a roller-pin 120. Somewhatmore than onehalf of the head 11S isA curved (.oncentrie with the axisof rotation of said head and the shaft 11G, and is adapted to turnfreely -in the curved recess 115 of any one of the arms 11:1 of disk112, as clearly shown in Fig. 22. It will be understood that while thehead 11S hears the relation to the disks 1 12 shown in Figs. 18 and 22,the rotary can carrier will be at rest, but that when the shat't 116shall have turned sufficiently to cause the rol lei-pin 190 to enter anadjacent slot 1.13 ot the disk 112. motion will lie imv parted to thelatter and the can carrier will be turned until the partly circularportion of the head entersl the curved recess 1 li" of the next arm 114ol" disk 112, when said can carrier will have accomplished one step inthe course of its rotation. For the purpose of effecting eonlimnmsrotation of' the shaft 11G, the latter is provided at its lower i endwith a beveled gear 121 receiving` 1notion from a bevel pinion 122 on ashaft 193 mountcdin suitable hearings von the frame work tt. The shot?123 projects over a lations are to be accomplished. as hereinafterextension 14() and bears against the spring fperate with the roller pin15 ,v ng alims 142. rihe shank 143 is carried by a veritcd part ofacomplete ro t'e. fthe-[shaft lically movable yoke 144 provided with123, to raise the shaft 73, and-tran mit'mof roller pins 14S-146 toengage a cam 117 on tion through the lever '152 to;` drol the shaft 123,so that when said shaft is 150 of die head 148, thus imparting ofsaidturned, the rack bar 139 will be .'ertically die head, anabruptdownwardthrust-Stoefreciprocated for purpose of -moving the fectthe notching or denting' of the'fiiange clan'iping head 131'tmvardyorf/away from the of the can as previously explained. y'Vihhen upperportion of the can resting on the supthe blow of the die head 148 shallhave-been port 1213'. rthus it will be seen that when a struck, the cam161 will engage the roller.v

' capping mechanism of said extension is made with 'a socket in beam 124which connects the frame of the l clamping with the frame of the l toengage sealing mechanism (Fig. 1) and is provided with a bevel gear 125receiving motion from l a bevel pinion 125at on the shaft 97 l, A. canhaving been fed to the rotarycan head 134 Will be moved forwardly thecan as shown in Fig. 18, and by the provision of the yielding connectionaforded by the spring'142, excessive pressure of the clamping` headagainst the can will be avoided. When the can shall have been positioned'as shown at the right of Fig. 18,' the Bange at itsupper edge will beprovided with laplumlity ofrontward depressions t`o render said .flangeuneven, so that when a cap is crimped on the can as hereinafterexplained, a plurality of ducts will be formed between the cap and theiange of the can, and thus, hermetic sealing df the can in the cappingmechanism will Ue prevented. The notching or denting 'of the flange ofthe can is effected by means of a die-head 148 which passes through anopening in the top plate or carrier 84.and presses the flangel of the`can onto the shoulders 82 and 135 of the carrier 75 and clamping head134 respectively, said die head beingprovided with a plurality of smallprojections 149 (Fig. 18) over the notches in said shoulders, for thepurpose of notcliing or denting the flange of the can as carrier, itwill be moved, during one step of the rotation of the carrier, onto acircular disk or platform 126 disposed in an opening in the platform 68of the capping machine frame, and the lower iange of the can will becomedisposed under dogs 127 secured to the disk or platform 126, as shown inFig. 18. The disk 126 is normally sustained by a spring 128 disposedbetween said disk and a bar er yoke 129 secured to the frame platform68.

A bracket 130 is secured upon 'the frame platform 68 in proximity to thecan disk or support 126 and the curvedguide 109 may be made an` integralpart of this bracket as shown 'in Fig. 3G. The bracket 130 comprisesparallel upright plates 13b-131, the upper` ends of which are covered bya cap plate 132. Betweenthe upper portions of the plates 131 anddirectly underthe cap plate 132, a horizontally disposed arm 133disposed, said arm being provided at one denting is beingeifectechldnger of. crushend with a curved clamping head 134 at theingor injuring .the can will be avoided by upper end of the guide 109,to' partially emreason of the`1f1elding disk or support. 121i brace tnecan carrier 7 curved clamping shoulder 135 having notches 136', similarto the shoulders 82 and notches 83 of the ro, tary can carrier 75. Araekbar 137 is ad; justably secured to the under face of the arm 133 bymeans of sc rews 134 passing through slots 135 in arm 133 and enteringsaid rack bar. Adjustment of the rack bar may be etl'ected by means of ascrew 136 passing through a threaded hole in a lug 137a at the rearlend'of arm 133 and engaging the rear end of the rack bar. The rack bar133 is engaged -by apinion 138 mounted bel tween the plates 131 ofbracket 130 and receives motion from a vertically movable rack bar 13).This rack bar is made With' a depending extension 140 mounted to movevertically through a sleeve/141 made rigid w/ith the framework, and thelower portion on which the can rests. v

Thedie-head 143 is carried by a vertical mandrel 'passing throughsuitable holes 'in arms 72 and 151 of the framework. A lever 152 (Figs.18, 19 and'34) is pivotally and coperate with the rotary place lThe andthe mandrel 150, to both of which said lever` is pivotally connected bypins 7 3 and 1501. The pin 73 projects at one end beexplained. Toth'lower end of the shaft 73, a oke 154 is secured, the parallel arms155-156 of said yoke projecting, respec-i tively, over and under thesliaft 123. Suit able guides 157 for the yoke 154 are secured to theframework. roller pin'158 is mounted on one side of the yoke arm 155 anda roller pin 159 y I site side of the yokel arm 156," and these rollerpins are engaged, respectively' by cams 160 and 161 secured-to 'tlfshaft123. The cani 160 is of such shapegth 'lloc- A sh ank 143 which a spring142 is located.

1n the has a limited movement in the socket ran reaches the disk orsupport 126, the pin 159 to depressthe yoke 154 and return supportedbetween its ends and slotted at itsv ends for the accommodation of theshaft 3l yond the lever 152 and 1s bent as shown at. 153 for a purposewhich will be hereinafter is mounted on the oppo- 3.1.-;

above explained, and when this notchiiig or isa 'symbol on l'he. concover:

the ports 1.o their noinml posilions7 in. Whieh positions the)Y will henniinhiinefl nl; rest. hiring the movement. of the exlensii'e eoneenti'ie eilge 162 ol' e:tn'i lis-ii 1.61 'in eonlnel' with the rollerpin ttl. Aller the notehing or (lent ing; of the enn llnnge slnxll hns'eheen ellieelefl` the ehnnpingy heini lll/2% will he. withrli'nn'n hy thenetion ol" the e'zu'n 1li' nnfl (he operating` tleviees helneen Stihletin'i nntl the ehnnpinp; hemel. :intl the enn euri-ier will he nioverlnnolher sli-p ol' ittl iolnlion, hy the opei'nlion ol the tletiees shownin tlotnil in Fig. 0") ns previously explninetl. During .this next: stepin the rotatif-fn ol` the. con

enrriei' 15, the erin vwill lie niovetl 'l'ioin the lisk or supp/nit 196nnll cleliif'eretl onder.' :t mp nngnzine 16?) shown in Figs. l, 19, 35und 21). When the. eno rt-:iehes vthis position :i cnn anp or novel'will li-op from 'the ningu- Zine into :in opening 63 in thecep earl-ier@vl :tml Vest' nt its erige upon the. lugs-S6.

The cop magazine is enrrietl by :innrin 164- (Figs. 1f), 35, B9) :unlthis arm is pro vided with a hnh or sleeve 165 mounted on n post 166. Acollar 167 is seeurerl to the post between o shonlfler thereon antl thelower end of the huh or sleeve 165j :incl the. hitter carries uspring-pressed (log 16H to engage the notched upper luce of the eolln-r167 for holding the magazine in position. The huh or sleeve 165 isprovided. with :t handle 165) for tnx-ning il. 'i move the ningezineont; of oliei'ulive position (as shown in dotted lines in Figi. 111)shonhl i1 he tlesiretl for :my reason to stop the l'eetlingr ol' rnncaps. anp carrier rior will more nnother sliep of its rotation. anfl thecon nntl eftp will lieeoine positioned under d marking i'lie 17m-"theenp still resti ingr on the logs 516 ol the emp emrier.` :is Shown inFig. .31. The purpose ol this (lie l l i A eop lnivh'ilgg l'ieenflepositeil in the 84 directly over -ne l:in` the. our i is to indent:some identifying' letter. ligure o1' come tlisposetl between the cnn nmllhe, emp, j

of llie enp vnl-vier H'l-'ninl lho [snp therein.

This pl-.ile ipi-ovitleil with :i hole lill` ihi'ongh Whieh tlie`lon'ereinl ol' the he liasses. The (lie '171) is n'zonnttwl in :1. iieiwtr 01:L sullen 1.7.3, rille (liel enit'iei is pioiitletl with n4 pin '176 loterfeixe one hi l'ItVenLetl :mn of n li'el lll. the. loller living!pivotnlly snDpOIllet-l rbetween itsl einls :intl il` olhei' :trihilfnl'enlell :unl pivolnlly mlm-heil lo tht` proA Vjeeting einl 11521ol'l lhe Apio 'l nl. one enll ol low-i' 152. :is shown in Hilfs. ill.thi :unl lll. ltiom lhis eonslrln'lfion, il; will he remlilyni'nlersloi'irl hnli 'when lhe shall Tf1 is rnisell te lhe, deviens lornoeehingf ox tflonl opper i'ltnngni of :i min hotly :is pre heznl'l'roin tornino'.

vionsly explained.` the lever 17T will :ilso he opel-:iletl to :ielnnfethe (lie 1T() tio innrh the enp l'or :mother ezln. heen ope tileil toniark the eno enp, the rotitry enrrier will be :ignin novell the distnnee oi nnl'ithei' step in its i'ototioln :inll the enn :toll ils np(the hitler still sltppolled in the enp envi-ier R11-1 will hepositioned for the crimping' ineehnnisin 178. When the mn Venelles thisposition. it; will become (lisposeil upon n hlm-hr or support 1711(Figs. 1S und 2-1-1, Whieh i'ertienlly niovuhle through. :in opening 1inthe, lrnnie platform 68 unil is prmfitletl nl. two points 'with fixeddogs 18() to enpjnge the lower portion of the mln hotly. sniil logshnving grooves '161 to i'eeeiw the lnnfle nt the lower end of the ':tnholly nml thus prevent the hitler from rising olf the hloek er soppoi'l17). To hohl the enn in proper posilion in th(l emrezutier hiring thecrimping of the np lo the ezio. :i curved ehnnping head 192 .i1proi'iileil. to engage the ean holly as shown in Figs. 1H mail 35. Thisclamping hemel is, piglpitlefl wil'h n shank 1.83 passing lrnnstersel-vthrough the soeleled end of zin to'tn '161. llie. soekelv ol sniil :tr ncontaining' n .spring 1ST whif'h sei-Yes to enlise the elnn'iping'hettll lo engage lhe mit with Vieh-lilly pres-nire. :Intl lho .sniilshnnk of the elniiipinyj herifl also pi'ot'iiletl with pins 196 enteringnotches in the :mn 1511 to prevenV the enrvenl ehtinping Yl`he n rin `lHl n'hieh exil# ries lhe yielding elninping' heed. :is nhoi'eilest'lihefl. is pivol'eil lo the fl'ninewot'l( nml is nioi'nhle in :itlii'eetion to more the elnmping.; henfl :iwztv from the enn. in'nir-:ins ol' :i spring 16T. 'virhen :i r-:in resultes llie erinlpingnieelnmisni. the :l 'ni is in'n'erllo annee lhe ehin'tpingl henfl toeng'og'je :he erin. hy nienns o1' n enni 16H lltiel'. lo) seenretl lorotnte willi :t siii'oelt'et wheel ls on' n shnlt 1110.

The. nppeilinnn-neri( is nnnle vfiih :in :ii'ni 191 (Fig. 1S). 'lo whiehtphe tnlwihn' shfi'llplll olt the erinn'iingr nieehnnisin is so enrerlnml lln'ongjh efhif'h s-:iitl slmlt posses. The lnhnhil' shaft .162{lepenils from the nro] 191 nml is provitletl nenr ils lower end with :ieollnr 103. A heml or plunger 15)-'1- is nppliell to lhe lower elnl ollhe shzl'ftfiil' :intl is of .snilfvihle zonligni'nlion lo enlntge thenpper l'nee ol ihn von wip. A. spitlei' 111.7 is inonnlml on thelnlrttlnr shnl't 11)'2 lielweeo :,he, eollnr 11121 nntl the heznl 1111:.:intl said .spirletA nml 'heznl :we ,seeinefl in plnee lo' serons 1.216which paws through lhe saine nini einer thi'entletl holes in theeoll:n.--thns seein-ing snitl spitle :unl hefnl 1.o the slm ll. 192.I`lnwspi `lei- 1.'..13 serves lo pivolzllly snppoil theI :wins 1216 ol"n. phnnlil'iY olvi'inipilni i:iws 1517. llneh eriniping linw iselongrtleil `:nnl lot-nteil in proximity to the lltinujetl etlge The lie1T() .havinglili:

